Taking Andrea Gibson into 2026 With Me

2025 has been quite a year, right?! 

I spent time in fear, in rage, in despair, in hopelessness, and in historical review of ultra-right wing trends.

I learned that I needed more than to white knuckle it.

A few months in, I began to practice how to relax into the gunk and found two very important gifts.

One is joy and the other hope.

I am not letting go of hope (joy and hope combined)!

I am holding on tightly!

They are essential ingredients for what we are cooking!

They will help see us through.

Andrea Gibson, since their death in July 2025, has become our favorite kitchen table poet. They have exploded in notoriety. Their poems are everywhere. They are full of hope!

Here's to growth, and to rage, grief, screaming, and to hope and joy and love and learning! We continue! 

Here is a goodbye to 2025 and thank you for the lessons!

And to Andrea Gibson for shining the light.

To HOPE!